In Retrospect

If I had the power, perhaps in an alternate timeline, the Top 40 would have been quite different...

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Number
1

Satisfied
Squeeze
Peak
1 (for 3 weeks)
Weeks
16
Number
2

Chorus
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
1 (for 6 weeks)
Weeks
18
Number
3

Fall at Your Feet
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
3
Weeks
15
Number
4

Rockaway
Ric Ocasek
Peak
3
Weeks
20
Number
5

Near Wild Heaven
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
5
Weeks
10
Number
6 Up by 1

So You Think You're in Love
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
6
Weeks
13
Number
7 Down by 1

Chocolate Cake
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
23
Number
8

I Feel So Good
Richard Thompson
Peak
7
Weeks
20
Number
9

Out the Window
Violent Femmes
From the album: Why Do Birds Sing?
Peak
9
Weeks
16
Number
10 Up by 1

Sit Down
James
From the album: The Best of James
Peak
10
Weeks
15
Number
11 Up by 1

It's Only Natural
Crowded House
From the album: Woodface
Peak
11
Weeks
9
Number
12 Down by 2

Kiss Them for Me
Siouxsie & The Banshees
From the album: Superstition
Peak
1 (for 7 weeks)
Weeks
26
Number
13 Up by 10

Superman's Song
Crash Test Dummies
Peak
13
Weeks
6
Number
14 Up by 11

She Doesn't Exist
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
From the album: Perspex Island
Peak
14
Weeks
5
Number
15

Until She Comes
The Psychedelic Furs
From the album: World Outside
Peak
15
Weeks
14
Number
16 Up by 2

Top of the Pops
The Smithereens
From the album: Blow Up
Peak
16
Weeks
11
Number
17 Up by 2

There's No Other Way
Blur
From the album: Leisure
Peak
17
Weeks
9
Number
18 Up by 2

Saltwater
Julian Lennon
From the album: Help Yourself
Peak
18
Weeks
8
Number
19 Down by 2

Do Anything
Natural Selection
From the album: Natural Selection
Peak
17
Weeks
14
Number
20 Up by 1

Sugar Tax
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Peak
20
Weeks
9
Number
21 Down by 8

Shiny Happy People
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
5
Weeks
21
Number
22 Up by 2

Cream
Prince & The New Power Generation
From the album: Diamonds and Pearls
Peak
22
Weeks
7
Number
23 Up by 7

The Fly
U2
From the album: Achtung Baby
Peak
23
Weeks
3
Number
24 Up by 3

Monsters And Angels
Voice of the Beehive
Peak
24
Weeks
11
Number
25 Up by 6

Love To Hate You
Erasure
From the album: Chorus
Peak
25
Weeks
4
Number
26

Sometimes It's a Bitch
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
26
Weeks
12
Number
27 Down by 5

The Truth
Tami Show
Peak
15
Weeks
15
Number
28 Down by 12

Rush
Big Audio Dynamite
From the album: The Globe
Peak
9
Weeks
20
Number
29 Up by 5

Broken Arrow
Rod Stewart
From the album: Vagabond Heart
Peak
29
Weeks
4
Number
30 Up by 2

Into The Great Wide Open
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
From the album: Into the Great Wide Open
Peak
30
Weeks
6
Number
31 Up by 2

Cerulean
The Ocean Blue
Peak
31
Weeks
5
Number
32 Down by 18

Timeless Melody
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
13
Weeks
18
Number
33 Down by 5

Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)
Electronic
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
29
Number
34 Down by 5

Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Pet Shop Boys
From the album: Behaviour
Peak
8
Weeks
27
Number
35 Up by 2

Give It Away
Red Hot Chili Peppers
From the album: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Peak
35
Weeks
3
Number
36

There She Goes
The La's
From the album: The La's
Peak
1 (for 2 weeks)
Weeks
31
Number
37 Debut

Love's a Hard Game to Play
Stevie Nicks
From the album: Timespace: The Best of Stevie Nicks
Peak
37
Weeks
1
Number
38 Debut

Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana
From the album: Nevermind
Peak
38
Weeks
1
Number
39 Down by 1

Texarkana
R.E.M.
From the album: Out of Time
Peak
6
Weeks
28
Number
40 Down by 1

Not Too Soon
Throwing Muses
Peak
5
Weeks
28

Dropouts

Number
35 Dropout

Hole Hearted
Extreme
From the album: Extreme II: Pornograffitti
Peak
21
Weeks
19
Number
40 Dropout

Sailing on the Seven Seas
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
From the album: Sugar Tax
Peak
1 (for 4 weeks)
Weeks
31

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Date

November 9, 1991

Songs

40

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1 1 Squeeze – “Satisfied” 1(×3) 16

2 2 Erasure – “Chorus” 1(×6) 18

3 3 Crowded House – “Fall at Your Feet” 3 15

4 4 Ric Ocasek – “Rockaway” 3 20

5 5 R.E.M. – “Near Wild Heaven” 5 10

7 6 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “So You Think You're in Love” 6 13

6 7 Crowded House – “Chocolate Cake” 1(×2) 23

8 8 Richard Thompson – “I Feel So Good” 7 20

9 9 Violent Femmes – “Out the Window” 9 16

11 10 James – “Sit Down” 10 15

12 11 Crowded House – “It's Only Natural” 11 9

10 12 Siouxsie & The Banshees – “Kiss Them for Me” 1(×7) 26

23 13 Crash Test Dummies – “Superman's Song” 13 6

25 14 Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – “She Doesn't Exist” 14 5

15 15 The Psychedelic Furs – “Until She Comes” 15 14

18 16 The Smithereens – “Top of the Pops” 16 11

19 17 Blur – “There's No Other Way” 17 9

20 18 Julian Lennon – “Saltwater” 18 8

17 19 Natural Selection – “Do Anything” 17 14

21 20 Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sugar Tax” 20 9

13 21 R.E.M. – “Shiny Happy People” 5 21

24 22 Prince & The New Power Generation – “Cream” 22 7

30 23 U2 – “The Fly” 23 3

27 24 Voice of the Beehive – “Monsters And Angels” 24 11

31 25 Erasure – “Love To Hate You” 25 4

26 26 Stevie Nicks – “Sometimes It's a Bitch” 26 12

22 27 Tami Show – “The Truth” 15 15

16 28 Big Audio Dynamite – “Rush” 9 20

34 29 Rod Stewart – “Broken Arrow” 29 4

32 30 Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – “Into The Great Wide Open” 30 6

33 31 The Ocean Blue – “Cerulean” 31 5

14 32 The La's – “Timeless Melody” 13 18

28 33 Electronic – “Get The Message (UK 7' MIX)” 1(×2) 29

29 34 Pet Shop Boys – “Where the Streets Have No Name (Can't Take My Eyes Off You)” 8 27

37 35 Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Give It Away” 35 3

36 36 The La's – “There She Goes” 1(×2) 31

NE 37 Stevie Nicks – “Love's a Hard Game to Play” 37 1

NE 38 Nirvana – “Smells Like Teen Spirit” 38 1

38 39 R.E.M. – “Texarkana” 6 28

39 40 Throwing Muses – “Not Too Soon” 5 28

DROPOUTS:

35 -- Extreme – “Hole Hearted” 21 19

40 -- Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark – “Sailing on the Seven Seas” 1(×4) 31

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